Rob suffers from occasional bouts of depression, but is otherwise a typical teenager. One of his favorite pastimes is browsing Facebook and demonstrating what he likes through "liking."

If he is like most people, his likes will have a _______ correlation to other's assessments and a self-assessment of his personality.
A) low negative
B) high negative
C) high positive
D) low positive


Answer: C
Rationale: A computer program could better predict a person's personality from Facebook likes as a source of information than friend and family perceptions of the person.

Psychology

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